Apple TV Unboxing Photos

[MacRumors]

Gizmodo has posted the first unboxing photos of the Apple TV.

It looks like they really got into it, with Unboxing Photos and then a series of 57 photos "From Backside to Unbox and a few notes about it.

A couple of the more interesting notes:

- AppleTV will pick up where your iPod left off
- Your iTunes season passes are automatically pushed over to your AppleTV's hard drive, and the episodes you've already watched will be removed automatically.

[avensis087]

awesome...i want mine now

[Zwhaler]

As always, Apples unboxing is always fun of any of their products. Now I almost want one when I get my nice TV.

[milo]

I'd love to buy one of these right now. I guess it's good for me that Apple made it only HDTV compatible since it forces me to wait. Can't wait to get my hands on one, right now I'm watching a ton of TV from ipod and this would be a big step up.

[adamw]

Gizmodo calls the Apple TV "an iPod for your TV". It looks like that is what Apple is positioning Apple TV for. You still create/encode/download your content via iTunes on your PC or Mac. Then use Apple TV as the "conduit" to display your content on your widescreen HDTV. That about sums it up. Easy interface. Apple does it again - iPod for Video for your TV.

[odedia]

Originally Posted by adamw

Gizmodo calls the Apple TV "an iPod for your TV". It looks like that is what Apple is positioning Apple TV for. You still create/encode/download your content via iTunes on your PC or Mac. Then use Apple TV as the "conduit" to display your content on your widescreen HDTV. That about sums it up. Easy interface. Apple does it again - iPod for Video for your TV.

I just bought the 30$ iPod Universal Dock and connect my iPod to the tv when I want to watch something. The quality is perfect with the S-Video out connection on the dock.

There isn't any HD content to watch from your iTunes library anyway right now. I don't think this product will do half as good as the iPod did.

[zane]

That was so awesome

[queshy]

Looks nice, typical apple packaging. No cables sucks though. If they included HDMI and component cables, they would eliminate like 100 negatives that this thread is gonna get lol

[twoodcc]

nice pics. it seems it's always fun looking at stuff like this from apple. kinda makes me want one, even though i really don't need it

[puckhead193]

does anyone know if the demo is at the store yet?

[mduser63]

Originally Posted by puckhead193

does anyone know if the demo is at the store yet?

Wasn't there at my local apple store at closing time last night. Haven't been today...

[zeppo93008]

I betcha that this AppleTV has no closed caption capabilities. If it does not, WAY TO GO, APPLE. Thank you, Steve, for thinking about us, hearing impaired. When you download TV programs and Movies. AppleTV and iTunes does NOT support closed captions. You can not find anywhere on AppleTV and iTunes specs that it supports closed captions. I understand that the videos must have symbol "cc" next to download page of each program or movie to tell you that it has closed caption capability. I have yet not been able to get"cc" to work in which way possible. If there is anyone out there in AppleLand that can tell me how to get closed caption to work or will there be any support in the near future, please tell me. Thank you. :-(

[Konradx]

no video cables..lame.

[pale9]

no support for avi, divx, mpeg2, ogg vorbis, etc. etc. jobs is determined to lock us all into his own little codec kingdom. plus, getting stingy on cables now too? this is exactly the attitude that made me switch from ms to apple. maybe its time to move on again... (ubuntu, hello?)...

[nsjoker]

Just like any other iProduct. The unboxing is getting old, Apple needs to spice things up. Maybe they could throw a ferret in there and when you prep for the unboxing sequence the ferret jumps out and latches itself to your face and you're freaking out screaming, omg omg, there's a ferret on my face.

[steve_hill4]

Originally Posted by zeppo93008

I betcha that this AppleTV has no closed caption capabilities. If it does not, WAY TO GO, APPLE. Thank you, Steve, for thinking about us, hearing impaired. When you download TV programs and Movies. AppleTV and iTunes does NOT support closed captions. You can not find anywhere on AppleTV and iTunes specs that it supports closed captions. I understand that the videos must have symbol "cc" next to download page of each program or movie to tell you that it has closed caption capability. I have yet not been able to get"cc" to work in which way possible. If there is anyone out there in AppleLand that can tell me how to get closed caption to work or will there be any support in the near future, please tell me. Thank you. :-(

Not sure what the situation is now, but Leopard will be adding a fair amount of Closed Captioning support, especially into Quicktime. Not too much longer to wait and hopefully the playing field will be levelled for you my friend.

[nswint]

Originally Posted by zeppo93008

I betcha that this AppleTV has no closed caption capabilities. If it does not, WAY TO GO, APPLE. Thank you, Steve, for thinking about us, hearing impaired. When you download TV programs and Movies. AppleTV and iTunes does NOT support closed captions. You can not find anywhere on AppleTV and iTunes specs that it supports closed captions. I understand that the videos must have symbol "cc" next to download page of each program or movie to tell you that it has closed caption capability. I have yet not been able to get"cc" to work in which way possible. If there is anyone out there in AppleLand that can tell me how to get closed caption to work or will there be any support in the near future, please tell me. Thank you. :-(

I never thought about this. That's very sad... I'm surprised the ADA team isn't all over this. More power to cc. It helps my nephews with their reading and me to become more fluent in foreign languages.

[Darkroom]

i'm surprised the Apple Remote still uses IR... an Apple Remote that finally uses Bluetooth would have been an interesting addition to the Apple TV...

on that note, i can't wait until the iPod Nano doubles as the official Apple Remote (with Bluetooth of course).

[thejadedmonkey]

Originally Posted by from the article

6. You can't delete the shows on your AppleTV hard drive through the iTunes interface. So it's not exactly like an iPod either.

So.. how do you delete stuff off of it?

[coolfactor]

Originally Posted by thejadedmonkey

So.. how do you delete stuff off of it?

Question: How do you delete stuff from an iPod?

Answer: Just like an iPod, the Apple TV synchronizes with your computer. That includes removing content that shouldn't be on there.

[zap2]

Yum.....hopefully my HDTV, which has been having some picture problems recently, will hold out with the solution I did(sent the color options around) so I can have a TV for the TV...if the HDTV holds out unti Sat/Fri I'll go try and pick up an AppleTV from my local Apple store


Dam....it "unfixed" itself....well its shot.

[MattyMac]

I really enjoy the unpacking pics. I can't wait to see the iPhone unpacking pics...actually, hopefully I'll be one of the first to post them

If I'm not I won't look and spoil the fun...I've been anticipating this phone for wayyyyy to long.

Anyhow...nice TV I'm sure I'll be getting one someday.

[qubex]

Does the AppleTV support WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS etc.) or is it limited to pre-shared passwords?

I'm paranoid. My network is locked down to within an inch of death. If I need to undermine my wireless security to use this, I'm not going to even bother.

Can someone who already has one give me an answer? Most appreciated.

[humara]

Originally Posted by qubex

Does the AppleTV support WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS etc.) or is it limited to pre-shared passwords?

I'm paranoid. My network is locked down to within an inch of death. If I need to undermine my wireless security to use this, I'm not going to even bother.

Can someone who already has one give me an answer? Most appreciated.

nope. only wep.

[curmi]

Originally Posted by humara

nope. only wep.

This is surely wrong!

All Apple's current machines, and their Airport Extreme, support WPA. I can not believe they would only support WEP on the Apple TV!

Even Nintendo support WPA on the Wii.